Grant township, Cass County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Grant township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
65% of Grant township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1058
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 148
- South: 16
- West: 26
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $23,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
47 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 489
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 21
- 5 to 9: 15
- 10 to 19: 10
- Mobile homes: 28
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Grant township with a mortgage: 158 (2 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 176
- Construction (15%)
- Food (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grant township:
- German (37.8%)
- Danish (16.6%)
- English (8.6%)
- United States or American (7.7%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- Norwegian (5.1%)
- Czech (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (75%)
- United Kingdom (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 458 (77%)
- Carpooled: 90 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 19 (3%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 18 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
47 people in nursing homes
99.0% of residents of Grant township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (42% speak English very well, 42% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,211- In family households: 1,007 (284 male householders, 52 female householders)
278 spouses, 355 children (308 natural, 16 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 204 (69 male householders (61 living alone)), 116 female householders (107 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 47 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 170 2-persons, 68 3-persons, 66 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 11 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 168 1-person, 17 2-persons,
207 married couples with children.
68 single-parent households (15 men, 53 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |